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| A Public Affair | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jessica Simpson
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Category: Music
List Price: $21.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  189 reviews
Sales Rank: 89143
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 828768321522
EAN: 0828768321522
ASIN: B000GIXIAK
Release Date: August 29, 2006
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 Generic at best September 21, 2006
15 out of 20 found this review helpful
You know, anyone could be singing this album. The only reason it's selling is because Jessica Simpson's name is pasted on it. Despite what others have said, maybe she should stick to power ballads - become the young Celine Dion - because when she's singing upbeat songs, there is not a modicum of talent or ability involved.
Behind the scenes at the recording studio September 6, 2006
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Jessica: how much longer do I have to be here? You've made me stay at this studio for 45 minutes. Making an album shouldn't be so hard
Producer: not much longer, we just need one more off key squeal from you. Then I'll pro tools it, have the backup singer re sing it. but all that will be done after you're gone.
Jessica: making music is hard.
Producer:well someone else wrote it, someone else picked the song, other people played it, I told you how to sing it, we'll have backup singers cover your bad voice, and the engineer will mix it.
Jessica's Dad: you're fired!
 Next, Please August 29, 2006
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
I agree with the majority of posts. I am dissapointed in Jessica's new album and I own all of her albums. Why does she have to sing all "breathy"? What happened to the "belt-out-I Wanna Love You Forever" Jessica? She lost a lot of fans when she didn't want to split her earnings 50:50 with Nick. She wouldn't even be popular today if she hadn't gotten married and been on a tv show. Next time, I think she should try an edgier sound, kinda like Kelly Clarkson or her sister, Ashlee. Jessica can sing. I just don't know why she tries to do the sexy whisper on all her songs anymore! And I think the song "Walkin Round" sounds like it is from a Stevie Nicks song. Why so many samples?
Jessica Simpson's A Public Affair - Album Review August 29, 2006
12 out of 16 found this review helpful
While Britney Spears & Christina Aguilera battled it out on the bubblegum pop music scene another star was emerging, that star was Jessica Simpson. She was blonde, beautiful, and could sing anything from a love ballad to a club single. After Jessica released her debut, and now double platinum, album 'Sweet Kisses' it was no doubt that she would be a pop singing superstar. After suffering a career setback in 2001 with her sophomore effort 'Irresistible', Simpson got back on track when she released her third studio album 'In This Skin' along with the successful MTV reality show 'Newlyweds' in which she starred in with her now ex-husband Nick Lachey. After commercial deals, movie acting, and a highly publicized divorce, Jessica Simpson is back in the world of music; but her return is far less extraordinary than expected.
Simpson's new album 'A Public Affair' is somewhat of a throwback to the days of disco and Madonna with attempted modern spins on each track. Yet Simpson's album tries too hard to push its classic retro backdrop in front of modern beats that can't compete with Christina Aguilera's newly released big band throwback 'Back to Basics'. The album kicks off with the title track 'A Public Affair', one that has stolen the beat of Madonna's "Holiday". The club ready tracks keep coming with the decent "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" and "If You Were Mine". The last song on the album that Simpson described as being "tailored for the clubs" is the horrendous "B.O.Y.", which borrows the beat of an older classic to spruce up its poorly written lyrics. The stand out track of the album "The Lover In Me" comes next - one that resembles Madonna's "Like A Prayer" with a gospel filled chorus. Simpson, being from Texas, blends country chords with disco ball ready beats in the silly "Push Your Tush" that will surely make for a single at one point and time. 'A Public Affair' quickly loses its 80's/disco direction once it hits the song "Swing With Me", a bad 20's throwback that must have obviously been a cut form Aguilera's 'Back to Basics'. Simpson's new CD also lacks her specialty, ballads, with only a few making the cut ("Back To You" & "Between You & I")...both of which are boring and unemotional. The album's 80's flair is also lost on the R&B track "I Don't Want To Care About Us". The Scott Storch produced track "Fired Up" is a Britney Spears "Toxic" rip off while the last song "Let Him Fly" is a folksy ballad remake that is most unfitting for this dance ready record.
Overall Simpson has failed to make a record with any direction or vision. 'A Public Affair' is a mish-mash of country, disco, big band, R&B, and remakes that weren't meant to be blended onto an album. Jessica's breathy singing is a disappointment, considering her last effort had wonderful vocals, and her lack of direction destroy this album's appeal.
Very disappointed August 30, 2006
12 out of 18 found this review helpful
I am very disappointed with this CD, she seemes to have lost her edge. Maybe losing at love made her lose her ability to produce good music. Her ex-husbands CD in my opinion is the better buy, and has alot better sound and spirit then hers.
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